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F. S. KINNEY.

CIGAR. I No. 258,079. Patented May 16, 1882.

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FRANCIS s. KINNEY, on NEW nardiarron, Asslenon TO THE KINNEY TOBACCOGQMPANY, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,079, dated May 16,1882.

Application filed June 28, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that, I FRANCIS S. KINNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New Brighton, county ofRichmond, and State ofNew York, have iny'ented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigars,fully described and represented in the following specification and theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

Prior to my invention it was common to label cigars by means of aband ofpaper pasted together and slipped over the same, carrying a trade-mark,symbol, or word. This was expensive to make and apply, was liable tobecome detached and lost before the cigar was used, and was frequentlyremoved from a superior and placed upon an inferior cigar in fraud ofthe manufacturer or dealer.

The object of my invention is to mark cigars by a device that is notliable to become detached or lost before the cigar is used, and whichcannot be removed without injuring or destroying the cigar; and itconsists inacigar having a label attached thereto by means of one ormore prongs pressed or forced through its wrapper, as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a cigar with a label attachedcontaining my invention. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section of thesame on the line a a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a plan, a side, andan end elevation of one form of label and means of attaching to thecigar. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same, and Figs. 5and6representmo'difications thereof.

As shown in the drawings, 7 is a label provided with one or more prongs,S, projecting therefrom. Each prong may be barbed, as shown in Figs. 3and 4, or plain, as shown in Fig. '5, or screw-threaded, as shown inFig. 6, or may be serrated, and should be made of sufficient size sothat if the tag is removed the hole or holes left in the wrapper willdestroy or seriouslyinjure the cigar. For greater security it ispreferable to provide each label with two prongs, one at each end, andto have them barbed, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. On account of cheapnessI prefer to provide each (No model.)

label with one prong at one end, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The prong,however, may be at or about the middle of the label, as shown in Figs. 5and 6.

To attach the label provided with one prong at the end to the cigar, Iprefer to press the prong into the cigar, so that a part of the labelwill rest on top ofa part of the wrapper and a part of it beneath thewrapper, the latter being wound upon that partthat is beneath after theprong has been forced into the cigar, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.This mode of attaching the label necessitates the defacing or destroyingof a part of the wrapper, if an attempt should be made to remove thelabel.

The label with one prong at the end may be attached to the cigar bypressing such prong into the same and through the wrapper.

The label with a prong either plaiu,barbed, screw-threaded, or serratednear the middle or at each end is attached to the cigar by pressing saidprong or prongs into the cigar; or if a screw-threaded prong is employednear the middle of the label it may be screwed intothe cigar. The labelmay be provided with more than two prongs constructed in any of themodes indicated, if desired.

These labels Iprefer to attach near the end of the cigar opposite thatto be lighted, so that they need not he removed to permitthe cigars tobe smoked without the fire touching them. They may, however, be attachedto any part of the cigar desired.

The material of which I prefer to make the labels and'their prongs istinned iron, though they may be made of other material with their prongssufficiently hard and strong to be pressed or forced into the cigars.

These labels may carry on their exposed faces any trade-mark, number,symbol, character, or word desired, which may be either sunken orotherwise placed upon them, and they may be ornamented in any desire-dmanner.

By the use of my invention a label can be made and attached to a cigarat a very small cost, and which is not liable to be removed by anyordinary cause, and when removed a hole is left that prevents the cigarfrom drawing,

thus preventing the labels from being re- In testimony whereof I havehereunto set moved from cigars and used in fraud of the my hand in thepresence of two subscribing manufacturer or dealer. witnesses.

Having thus described my invention and 5 the merits it possesses, what Iclaim as new, FRANCIS S. KINN'EY.

and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A cigar having a label attached thereto by Witnesses: means of one ormore prongs pressed or forced HENRY A. CUPPIN,

therein through its wrapper, substantially as T. H. PALMER. 10described.

